As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for awhile. A new study, published in Nature, describes a process that might ...

Science still faces mysteries like dark matter, consciousness, and the origin of life—questions that challenge researchers and push the limits of understanding.

Usually when an amateur bowler toes the line in front of a lane and ten pins, they’re not thinking about much else besides hurling their ball so it hits its target head on. But the physics of the game ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information History and Theory is the premier international journal in the field of theory and philosophy of history. Founded in 1960, History ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract I argue that van Fraassen's selectionist explanation for the success of science is superior to the realists' explanation. Whereas realists ...

Experiments in a system of 53 trapped atoms, presented in 2017 researchers from Harvard and MIT, revealed completely unexpected periodic oscillations in the dynamics of the interacting atoms. Now, an ...